Perfil de saúde de mulheres na pré, peri e pós-menopausa cadastradas em unidade de saúde pública do Estado do Acre / The health profile of women in pre, peri and postmenopause who were registered at a public health unit of the State of Acre

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2009

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Abstract Introduction - The climacteric is a period in womens lives marked by countless changes and transformations which characterize the end of the reproductive period. This is exactly what it means, the transition from the reproductive to the non-reproductive phase of a womans life. Some see it as a natural phase or as a sign of maturity, while others see it as loss, or as signal of old age arrival and also as synonym of diseases. Objective - To describe the profile of the health of women in pre, peri and postmenopause, who were registered at a public health unit of the State of Acre. Methods - A cross-sectional study was analyzed which had 265 women, ages 35 to 65, registered at the Family Health Module Ruy Lino, in the municipal district of Rio Branco. Descriptive analyses were performed according to socialdemographic characteristics, leisure activities and recreation, health and disease characteristics, gynecological/obstetric history and symptoms linked to perimenopause and postmenopause. The qui-square test was used for the bivariate analysis with p<0.05. Results - The average age was 45.9 years. As for marital status 57.4 per cent were married; 30.9 per cent had an average family monthly income of US$ 270.00 dollars. The results showed that 74.0 per cent were not engaged in any kind of physical activity, 67.9 per cent considered themselves healthy, 95.5 per cent had already been hospitalized some time or other and 66.8 per cent said they went to the doctor on a regular basis. We would like to emphasize that 30.9 per cent were overweight and 30.2 per cent were obese. The arterial hypertension prevalence was of 28.3 per cent and the diabetes mellitus prevalence was of 7.2 per cent . The averages for age, menarc, number of gestations, number of alive children and menopause age were 13.3 years, 3.5, 2.8 and 47.5 years, respectively. Vaginal dryness was reported in 18.5 per cent of the cases, 29.8 per cent reported decreased sexual desire, 52.4 per cent reported feeling irritated or impatient and 53.2 per cent gained weight. During the pre-menopausal women reported having fewer diseases when compared to those who were already in the transition to menopausal. Decreased sexual desire, sadness, lack of concentration and the forgetfulness were symptoms linked to perimenopause (p<0.05). Irritation and heat waves were statistically linked to (p<0.05) perimenopause and to postmenopause. Conclusion - Intervention and control strategies should be implemented relying on multisectorial actions which include life quality improvement and assistance to women in menopausal transition and postmenopause, if we are to take into account the relevance of this theme

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menopausa womens health saúde da mulher pré menopause peri e pós-menopausa peri and postmenopause pre

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